Monarch Butterfly Unit
Do you know how to tell a male and female butterfly apart? Do you know the function of a proboscis? If not, ask a third or fourth grader! They recently completed a unit covering butterflies in Ms. Marnin’s science class. Students learned about the life cycle stages, body parts, and migration routes of a Monarch butterfly. This year, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Potter donated a cage of chrysalises so the children could watch butterflies hatch in the classroom. The students were proud to release three females and three males. Ms. Marnin had an encounter with a snake and didn’t remember to look at the gender of the seventh butterfly. Students enjoyed hearing about the snake story so she was forgiven.
